John Gaventa

10.2k citations
73 papers · 5.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 29

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John Gaventa

72 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Finding the Spaces for Change: A Power Analysis 2006 · 650 citations
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John Gaventa
Comparison fields: 5 of 146
  • Public Administration 432
  • Development 327
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.3k
  • Urban Studies 309
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.2k
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All Works

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2 20226
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Democratising Economic Power: The Potential for Meaningful Participation in Economic Governance and Decision-Making
20208
4 201110
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Capital consumption: The transition to sustainable consumption and production in London
201010
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Citizen Action and National Policy: Making Change Happen
20103
7
Review of Impact and Effectiveness of Transparency and Accountability Initiatives: Synthesis Report.
201036
8 200912
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Spanning Citizenship Spaces ThroughTransnational Coalitions: The Caseof the Global Campaign for Education. IDS Working Paper No. 327.
20092
10 200913
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Constructing transnational action research networks : observations and reflections from the case of the Citizenship DRC
20084
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Unpacking policy : knowledge, actors, and spaces in poverty reduction in Uganda and Nigeria
200440
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Towards Participatory Local Governance: Assessing the Transformative Possibilities.
200329
14 200174
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Who Counts Reality? Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: A Literature Review
1998134
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Participatory monitoring and evaluation: learning from change
199835
17 19932
18 19911
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Participatory Research in North America; A Perspective on Participatory Research in Latin America; Participatory Research in Southern Europe.
198833
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A Citizens' Research Project in Appalachia, U.S.A.
19816

About John Gaventa

John Gaventa is a scholar working on Development, Public Administration, Management Science and Operations Research, Human Factors and Ergonomics and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 73 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evaluation and Performance Assessment (11 papers), International Development and Aid (10 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (6 papers), Community Health and Development (5 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (5 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 papers), Social Capital and Networks (3 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Administration (432 citations), Development (327 citations), Sociology and Political Science (2.3k citations), Urban Studies (309 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (1.2k citations). John Gaventa has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and United States. Frequent co-authors include J. Craig Jenkins, John B.P. Stephenson, Andréa Cornwall, G. Barrett, Rosemary McGee, Brenda Bell, Kenneth Teitelbaum, John Peters, James C. Scott and Marisol Estrella. Their work appears in journals such as IDS Bulletin, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces, Development Policy Review and History of Education Quarterly.

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